Aug 28, 2017 | News Release
Last week, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue appointed Tony Tooke, a career U.S. Forest Service employee since the age of 18, to lead the organization as its chief. Susan Jane Brown, wildlands and wildlife program director for the Western Environmental Law Center,...
Aug 24, 2017 | Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion, News Release
Today, the Washington Post reported Interior Sec. Zinke will recommend President Trump reduce the area of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and California, or may also recommend a change in management of the monument. This recommendation defies the will of...
Aug 17, 2017 | News Release
Taos, NM – Today, we acknowledge our responsibility to stand in solidarity with all people and communities of good conscience who oppose hatred and discrimination. Heather Heyer’s murder at the hands of a white nationalist in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend was...
Aug 15, 2017 | Bull Mountains Mine Expansion, News Release
BILLINGS, Mont. – A U.S. District Court judge ruled Monday that the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM) improperly approved the expansion of Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountain coal mine, south of Roundup, Montana. The judge ordered that mining immediately...
Aug 7, 2017 | News Release, Victory! Montana Lynx Trapping Challenge
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the Montana Trappers Association’s appeal of a settlement agreement between Friends of the Wild Swan, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, WildEarth Guardians, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks that protects lynx from being...
Jul 26, 2017 | News Release, VICTORY! Santa Fe National Forest ORV Lawsuit Intervention
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds U.S. Forest Service decision to protect 400,000 acres from ATVs Santa Fe, NM—On Monday, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the second lawsuit by an off-road vehicle advocacy organization challenging the U.S. Forest...
Jul 10, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
BLM rule delay defies Congress, harms taxpayers, public health, and environment The Trump administration has decided to indefinitely postpone a rule that requires oil and gas companies to minimize waste and fix leaks from oil and gas development on public land—a...
Jun 30, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears
Conservationists Signal Impending Legal Challenge Over Removal of Federal Safeguards Today, WildEarth Guardians notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it will sue the agency over its flawed decision to strip grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of...
Jun 28, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest From OHVs
Extensive new motorized trail system threatens wildlife, upsets use balance Today the U.S. Forest Service issued a final decision green-lighting an extensive motorized trail system that would add 137 miles of new off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails to the existing...
Jun 22, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears
Planned Trophy Hunts Would Fundamentally Undermine Grizzly Recovery Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is finalizing its flawed proposal to strip grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Endangered Species Act protections despite...
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